Hat-fastener.



L. F. SGHRAGE.

HAT FASTENER.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 18. 1913.

1,126,882. Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

W/T/VESSE'S rHE NORRIS PETERS C0 PHOTC-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. D, C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS F. SCI-IRAGE, OF PALATINE, ILLINOIS.

HAT-FASTENER.

Application filed September 18, 1913.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis F. SGHRAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Palatine, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hat fasteners and its object is to produce a device of this class comprising a bracket adapted to be secured to the crown of the hat and said bracket is provided with a spring which carries the hat pin and retains the same in adjusted position in the hat, the point of said pin being at all times concealed within the hat.

I'Vith the foregoing and other objects in view theQnvention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described in the following specification, pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of said specification and in which Figure 1 is a plan of my improved hat fastener in position upon a hat. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on line 22 of Fig. 8. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of Fig. 3.

Like reference characters indicate corresp onding parts throughout the several views.

1 is the hat crown to which I secure the bracket 2 by its angular pointed extremities and said bracket is slotted as at 3, 3 to permit sliding movement of the ornamental fastenings 4, 4 carried thereby and which fastenings engage and carry the movable bearings 5, 5 disposed upon the bracket 2, which bearings carry the ends of the spring 6 provided with the knobs 7, 7 made fast to Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

Serial No. 790,550.

into the wearers hair to retain said hat in position; the knobs being used to move the spring.

The pins 8 are short and do not extend from side to side of the hat and consequently the points are always hidden from view. It is preferable to have two fasteners to retain the hat in position, one on each side of the hat. By forcing the spring 6 into its extended position the pin 8 is driven into the hair a sufiicient distance to retain the hat in position; by arching the spring into the position shown in Fig. 2 the pin 8 is sufiiciently withdrawn from the hair of the wearer to permit its removal from the head.

What is claimed is 1. In a hat fastener, a bracket adapted to be secured to a hat crown, a spring, a pin carried by said spring and extending through said bracket and said hat crown and bearings for said spring slidably secured to said bracket.

2. In a hat fastener, a slotted bracket adapted to be secured to a hat crown, a hat pin extending through said bracket and into said hat crown, and flexible means connected to the hat pin and slidably secured 70 to the slotted portion of said bracket.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing wit nesses.

LOUIS F. SCHRAGE.

Witnesses:

ALWINE QUINDEL, F men. Scnmon.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

